Charles Issac, left, signs his name as polling commissioner Mitzie Williams looks on Tuesday at voting Precinct No. 2 in Pineville. Polls in all Louisiana parishes wil be open until 8 p.m. today.

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Cynthia D. Jardon
cjardon@thetowntalk.com

Central Louisiana voters have a wish list for the next four years, no matter whether incumbent Barack Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney wins today's presidential election.

"I'd just like to see politicians think about their primary reason for being elected to the position and to do those things for the welfare and best interest of the people they represent," said Ed Larvadain Jr. of Alexandria. "Instead they find themselves so attached to the ideology of a party that their commitment to that ideology is greater than their commitment to the people they are supposed to represent."